Melioideae

Melia azedarach

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Aglaieae – Guareeae – Melieae – Sandoriceae – Trichilieae – Turraeeae – Vavaeeae
Genera incertae tribus: Quivisianthe

Name

Melioideae Arn., Encycl. Brit. ed. 7, 5: 103 (1832) (“Melieae”) emend. Holzmeyer et al. (2021)

• Type genus: Melia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 384. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Trichilioideae Luerss., Hand. Syst. Bot. 2: 693. 1881.
    • Type genus: Trichilia P.Browne

References

Primary references

• Arnott, G.A. 1832. Botany. In: Napier, M. (ed.), Encyclopaedia Britannica. Ed. 7. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 5: 30–145. Online Reference page. 

Additional references

• Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209–241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Reference page. 
• Holzmeyer, L., Hauenschild, F., Mabberley, D.J. & Muellner‐Riehl, A.N. 2021. Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. Taxon 70(6): 1248-1272. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591 Reference page. 
• Muellner, A.N., Samuel, R., Chase, M.W., Coleman, A. & Stuessy, T.F. 2008. An evaluation of tribes and generic relationships in Melioideae (Meliaceae) based on nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA. Taxon 57(1): 98-108. DOI: 10.2307/25065951 ResearchGate Reference page.